New Hampshire Army National Guard

New Hampshire Army National Guard
Seal of the Army National Guard
Active	1680
Country	United States
Allegiance	New Hampshire
Branch	Army National Guard New Hampshire Department of Defense, Veterans, and Emergency Management
Part of	New Hampshire National Guard
Garrison/HQ	Concord, NH
Commanders
Current commander	Brigadier General Craig Bennett

The New Hampshire Army National Guard was created in 1680 by New Hampshire governor John Cutt.

The lineal ancestor of the Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, the 197th Field Artillery Brigade, began life as the Concord Volunteers in 1861. They were mustered into federal service 3 June 1861 at Portsmouth as Company E, 2d New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry; mustered out of federal service 19 December 1865 at Cabin Point, Virginia. They were involved in the U.S. Civil War battles of Bull Run, the Peninsula, Manassas, Fredericksburg, Gettysburg, Cold Harbor, and Petersburg in Virginia from 1862 to 1864.

During World War II the New Hampshire Army National Guardsmen fought in the European and Pacific theaters. One of the elements of the 197th Field Artillery received the Philippine Republic Presidential Unit Citation dated October 17, 1944, to July 4, 1945, being part of the forces that liberated the Philippines from the Japanese imperial forces.

The 195th Infantry, as an Infantry Combat Team, was allocated to the NH ARNG after the war. The regimental insignia was originally approved on 30 October 1953. It was redesignated for the 941st Armored Field Artillery Battalion, New Hampshire National Guard on 7 February 1956. The insignia was rescinded on 8 April 1963. It was reinstated and redesignated for the 195th Regiment, New Hampshire Army National Guard, with the description and symbolism revised on 20 June 1997.

During the Vietnam War (1965-1973), the 3/197 Field Artillery (FA, "New Hampshire's Finest") served in Ap Phu Loi, South Vietnam, providing FA Forward Observer Teams and Artillery Liaison Teams in the II Field Force Area.